 | Robert Charles Winthrop - 1867 - 748 oldal
...as much affection, as could well accompany any human career. " Then, with no fiery, throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way." It is not for ine, gentlemen, to attempt any delineation of his character,... | |
 | John Dudley Philbrick - 1868 - 636 oldal
...fell in a cause " sacred to liberty and the rights of mankind." " Worn by no wasting, lingering pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way." /. A. Andreo. CCLXXVII. HONOR TO OUR HEROES. PT^HE heart swells with... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1868 - 828 oldal
...retired to die. Stanza 5. 1 Var. His ready help was always nigh. Then with no throbs of fiery pain,1 No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way. Verses on Robert Levet. Stanza 9. Philips, whose touch harmonious could... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 oldal
...his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then with no fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, 35 And freed his soul the nearest way. Samuel Johnson. CLXV HIGHLAND MARY. Ye banks and braes and streams... | |
 | 1869 - 398 oldal
...powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year wa.s nigh. " Then, with no throbs of flery pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at o.nce the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way." What a testimony is this from such a pen as that of Dr. Johnsonj which... | |
 | English poems - 1870 - 722 oldal
...his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then with no fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way. THE KITE; OR, PRIDE MUST HAVE A KALI.. JOHN NEWTON.— 1725-1807. [THE... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1870 - 644 oldal
...his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then, with no fiery, throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way. JAMES MERRICK. (1720-1769.) THE CAMELEON. OKT has it been my lot to... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - 1870 - 466 oldal
...his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then with no fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, j5 And freed his soul the nearest way. Samuel Johnson. CLXIX HIGHLAND MARY. Ye banks and braes and... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1872 - 582 oldal
...his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then with no throbs of fiery pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way. XII. OLD POETS. ROBERT HERRICK—GEORGE WITHER. NOTHING seems stranger... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1872 - 524 oldal
...his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then with no fiery, throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And forred his soul the nearest way. ON THE DEATH OF STEPHEN GKEY, FKS THE ELECTRICIAN.1 LONG hast thou... | |
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The busy day, the peaceful night, Unfelt, uncounted, glided by ; His frame was firm, his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. " Then with no fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain,... 
